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West Africa: UN envoy cites region’s daunting challenges, Boko Haram threat to Nigeria

West Africa: UN envoy cites region’s daunting challenges, Boko Haram threat to Nigeria

Jul 09, 2014, at 07:04 am

New York, July 9 (IBNS) While countries in West Africa are trying to promote development and consolidate democracy, they continue to face daunting challenges such as transnational organized crime and growing terrorist activities, the top United Nations official in the region told the Security Council on Tuesday, while also warning of the increasing threat the Boko Haram crisis poses to Nigeria.